I had sometime stayed Mauna Kea Observatories with NHK staff to report, take video
images and photographs since 1995. And Jan. 1999, Subaru Telescope had First Light
event.

About 3 years ago, I proposed to Dr. Norio Kaifu, who is a general director of
Subaru, to broadcast a live TV program using Subaru Telescope. Fortunately, he also
had same idea. I had told this idea to NHK staff, and it grew bigger project without
my knowledge.

The plan finally materialized when Subaru had first light event. With NHK staff,
I attached a new developed Hi-Definition Color I.I. camera to Subaru (cassegrain
focus) , and we took over 150 celescial objects' images during only 2 nights. Also,
we succeeded to live broadcasting to Japan using same system as first light event.
To make Subaru telescope, Japanese Government spent an enormous sum of a tax, paid
by the sweat of Japanese people's brow, as much as about 400 milion dollar. So, live
broadcasting was significant to return the result to society, too. I heard that NHK
received many letters from TV viewers who received impression from the program.

Subaru is star name that has come down to Japanese from
the very distant past. And it means Pleiades.

This photograph took Subaru star shining above Subaru Dome.

Big dipper shining above Subaru Dome

Landscape of Mauna Kea summit

Subaru Dome at sunset

Subaru Dome in twilight

Star trail from SUBARU dome

Subaru Dome and star trail

3 Planets to the west

Subaru Telescope

Subaru Telescop and Numazawa

Observation equipment put in cassegrain focus point

NHK Hi-difinition color I.I camera setted in the special box for
observation

Suprime-cam (wide-field CCD camera)

Suprime-cam (wide-field CCD camera)

Set up extra NHK switching center at second floor of Subaru Observation
Building. Images were transmitted from here.

Observing Room at 3rd floor of Subaru Observation Building. Subaru
telescope is operated in this room. From left to right, Wakiya,Subaru Telescope's
operator- Dr. Goerge Kosugi, Numazawa and Dr.---- .

With Subaru Telescope staff

There are other many more images.

You can see first light images of Subaru telescope on the folloeing site.All object taken by NHK Hi-difinition color I.I camera (Please
don't announce now. There has been trouble between NHK and Japanesegavament about copyright.) I took video monitor for
NHK Hi-difinition color I.I camera using potable digital video camera. These images
were made from them.